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	Foghorn Leghorn
		His voice was created by actor Mel Blanc, heavily patterned after the character of Senator Claghorn, a blustering southern politician who was a regular character on the Fred Allen radio show.
		Senator Claghorn was created and voiced by radio comedian Kenny Delmar[?].
		The references to Senator Claghorn was obvious to much of the audience when the Foghorn Leghorn cartoons first premiered.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/fo/Foghorn_Leghorn.html (140 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Senator Claghorn
		Succeeding the vaguely similar but not nearly as popular Senator Blunt from the earliest "Allen's Alley" routines, Senator Claghorn---portrayed by Allen's announcer, Kenny Delmar---was a blustery Southern politician whose home was usually the first at which Allen would knock.
		Claghorn's obsession was with the South, and he would proudly point out his refusal to wear a "Union suit", for example, or claim to drink only out of Dixie cups, or even to refuse to use the word "no" because it was an abbreviation for the North.
		Delmar debuted Claghorn on the Allen broadcast of October 5, 1945, and the character stayed until 1948, when the show phased away the "Allen's Alley" segment into a "Main Street" segment to accommodate Allen's final sponsor, Ford Motor Company.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Senator_Claghorn (486 words)

	Senator Claghorn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Senator Claghorn, as portrayed by Kenny Delmar, in scene from It's a Joke Son, the Senator's only film appearance
		Senator Beauregard Claghorn was a popular radio character on the "Allen's Alley" segment of The Fred Allen Show beginning in 1945.
		Claghorn, and the plot involved the senator running for office against his wife.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Senator_Claghorn (495 words)

	It's a Joke, Son! - Synopsis - Moviefone
		Their solution to this dilemma was to "humanize" the Senator by removing some of his obnoxious braggadocio and transforming him into a harmless, henpecked small-town windbag.
		A band of northern political crooks convince the gullible Claghorn to run against his wife in the senatorial race, thereby splitting the vote so that their own equally crooked candidate can win the election.
		Future TV star June Lockhart is decorative as Claghorn's daughter, while Kenneth Farrell is adequate as the obligatory romantic lead.
	movies.aol.com /movie/its-a-joke-son/1017950/synopsis (320 words)

	TIME.com: Claghorn's the Name -- Dec. 31, 1945 -- Page 1
		The "Senator" is a broad burlesque of the worst in Southern statesmen.
		Claghorn, who carries professional Southernhood about as far as it can go, tells how he was weaned on mint juleps, drinks only from a Dixie cup, sees only Ann Sothern movies, shuns Ann Sheridan, never listens to Mr.
		Claghorn: Claghorn's the name, Senator Claghorn, that is. Ah'm from Dixie.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,886758,00.html (586 words)

	Amazon.com: It's a Joke Son: Video: Benjamin Stoloff,Kenny Delmar,Una Merkel,June Lockhart,Kenneth Farrell,Douglass ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Claghorn was a blustery, one-man-Chamber-of-Commerce for all things Southern, who had no tolerence for anything north of the Mason-Dixon line, although he made allowances for South Philly.
		In the film, Claghorn gets into some financial difficulties and is forced by a machine-political gang to enter a race for state senator against his wife (Una Merkel) who appears to have a good chance to beat the political hack backed by the machine.
		Claghorn is in to siphon votes and ensure his wife's opponent will win and is expected to run a campaign that will defeat himself and his wife.
	www.amazon.com /Its-Joke-Son-Benjamin-Stoloff/dp/6302112052 (713 words)

	Classic Movie! Senator Claghorn It's A Joke Son!
		Obnoxious bombastic Southern Senator Claghorn is "taken in" by corrupt politicians and convinced to run in an election against his own wife.
		Beginning in 1945, Kenny Delmar appeared as blustery Senator Beauregard Claghorn on the popular Fred Allen radio program and was the inspiration for Warner Brothers in their creation of blustery cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn.
		The fast talking Senator Beauregard Claghorn, a die-hard Southerner, is forced to sell his land and his beloved mint crop.
	www.otrnow.com /store/dvd/ItsAJokeSon_01.htm (217 words)

	Foghorn Leghorn - Free net encyclopedia
		His voice was created by actor Mel Blanc, patterned after the character of Senator Claghorn, a blustering southern politician who was a regular character on the Fred Allen radio show.
		The references to Senator Claghorn were obvious to much of the audience when the Foghorn Leghorn cartoons first premiered, but like many of the references in WB cartoons of the era, they have since become dated and "go over the heads" of most modern-day audiences.
		A Leghorn is a breed of chicken, and foghorn describes the character's loud, overbearing voice.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Foghorn_Leghorn (995 words)

	Lowcountry NOW: Local News - Roe: Enron financial mess soils everyone 02/08/02
		This week, the opening salvo on this issue came from none other than the imperialistic senator of South Carolina, Fritz Hollings, who is the king of mumbo jumbo.
		The senator officially recorded his first senior moment on national TV and radio.
		Senator, it appears that $4,000 is what Enron thought your capabilities are worth.
	www.lowcountrynow.com /stories/020802/LOCroe08.shtml (559 words)

	That's a Joke, Son (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Portrayed by actor Kenny Delmar, Claghorn became the archetypal caricature of a Southern politician - blustering, fumbling, repetitive, endlessly spouting bad puns.
		Senator Beauregard Claghorn was obsessed with the South.
		So Senator Claghorn can continue to rest in peace, knowing that even if he's lost his title as Congress's premiere caricature, at least he has a worthy successor.
	www.truthout.org /docs_2006/101006A.shtml (1282 words)

	Project Vote Smart - Public Statements
		The process is so ridiculous that the filibuster, like that old comics-page blowhard Senator Claghorn, has unfortunately become, in the minds of many, just another caricature of the Senate, just another thing to laugh at, just more hot air from the Cave of the Winds.
		Sixteen senators could file a petition against a bill or an amendment and if two-thirds approved it within two days, debate was to be limited to one hour per member or one hundred hours.
		With Georgia's Senator Richard Russell as their leader and unlimited debate as their weapon of choice, a small band of Southern senators for years had managed to defeat or drastically weaken any civil rights legislation that came before the Senate.
	www.vote-smart.org /speech_detail.php?speech_id=25506 (3537 words)

	0103cona
		As the United States Senate prepares to take up the nomination of John Ashcroft for U.S. Attorney General, the unlamented specter haunting its chamber is none other than Jefferson Davis.
		The long-deceased president of the old Confederacy is regarded as a hero by the former Senator from Missouri, whose praise of such figures—and whose links to right-wing extremists in his home state and elsewhere—raises serious doubts regarding his fitness to become the nation’s highest law-enforcement officer.
		The group’s initials may look familiar because the C.C.C. is the same organization that so badly embarrassed Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and Georgia Representative Bob Barr when their connections to the group were exposed in late 1998.
	www.bartcop.com /0103cona.htm (772 words)

	It's A Joke, Son! - Comedy Classic Movies on DVD (1943) - Alpha Video : Oldies.com
		Feature film adaptation of the Senator Claghorne character from the Fred Allen radio show, who was also the inspiration for Warner Brothers classic Foghorn Leghorn cartoons.
		The very, very Southern Beauregard Claghorne stays in trouble throughout, getting his wife's old lady friends drunk on 100 proof "punch" (made with the help of an admitted "brat"), worrying that his daughter is marrying an undertaker (he's got a frozen food truck, y'see), and railing against anything that might be of Yankee origin.
		Okay, listen carefully and follow the plot: an addle-brained Southern state senator running for re-election on the coattails of a carpetbagging political boss (Douglass Dumbrille) is being challenged by Magnolia Claghorn (Una Merkel), leader of a group called the Daughters of Dixie.
	www.oldies.com /product-view/4478D.html (913 words)

	Kenny Delmar - Biography - Moviefone
		Delmar's career shifted into drive in the 1930s when he secured steady work as a radio actor and announcer playing a wide variety of roles in everything from The Shadow to Orson Welles' Mercury Theater on the Air (he played the FDR soundalike in Welles' notorious War of the Worlds broadcast).
		While working as the announcer for The Fred Allen Show in 1945, Delmar created the character of bombastic southern senator Beauregard Claghorn ("That's a joke, son -- joke, that is!").
		The role transformed Delmar into an overnight sensation, leading to a feature film based on the Claghorn character, 1947's It's a Joke Son!, the moderately successful Broadway musical Texas, Little Darlin' in 1951, and countless Claghorn imitators, the most famous of which was the Warner Bros. cartoon rooster Foghorn Leghorn.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/kenny-delmar/18470/biography (219 words)

	Senator Socialite
		Senator, you are no Jack Kennedy - "Senator, you are no Jack Kennedy" was a famous phrase spoken by American Democratic vice-presidential candidate Senator Lloyd Bentsen to Republican vice-presidential candidate Senator Dan Quayle during the 1988 vice-presidential debate.
		Jack Kennedy was a reference to John F. Opel Senator - The Opel Senator was a large saloon (and derivative coupÃ©) motor vehicle sold in Europe from 1978 until 1994.
		Senator Claghorn - Senator Beauregard Claghorn was a popular radio character on the "Allen's Alley" segment of The Fred Allen Show.
	la98.3rdfaze.info /senatorsocialite.html (1181 words)

	U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Historical Minutes > 1964-Present > Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen Dies
		Today, because a Senate office building honors him, his is one of the best known names on Capitol Hill from his generation.
		On the subject of Senate leadership, it was Dirksen who said, "There are 100 diverse personalities in the U.S. Senate.
		This singularly colorful Senate leader died at the age of 73 on September 7, 1969.
	www.senate.gov /artandhistory/history/minute/Senator_Everett_Mckinley_Dirksen_Dies.htm (450 words)

	Letters to the Editor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		When you call Democratic Senator Byrd a "Senator Phoghorn," you probably mean to refer to Senator Jack S. Phogbound, a character from the Li'l Abner comic strip.
		That cartoon rooster was an imitation of another character, Senator Claghorn, from the Fred Allen radio show.
		Senator Claghorn and Senator Phogbound have nothing to do with each other.
	users.aristotle.net /~russjohn/literary/ardemgaz.html (3132 words)

	Charlie Daniels - Soap Box
		It seems that about the only thing the U.S. Senate is not afraid of is spending our hard earned money on senseless projects, aiding people who hate us and building bridges to nowhere.
		Senators are like chameleons, it depends on where they’re standing how they color their statements.
		Typical answer, “Well John, as you know Senator Claghorn and myself have drafted a Social Security bill which is under study in committee as we speak and while the President’s proposal has some salient points, I don’t believe it addresses the problems we face today.
	www.charliedaniels.com /soapbox-2006-061706.htm (367 words)

	SMARTER THAN THE AVERAGE
		Delmar was an announcer on The Fred Allen Show when he created the character of Senator Claghorn, a boastful southern politician who hated anything associated with the North, and claimed the character was based on a blowhard Texan rancher with whom he’d hitchhiked in 1928.
		Senator Claghorn became so popular that he turned up in commercials, records, other people’s radio shows (notably that of Allen’s long-time mock-rival Jack Benny), and a similar character played by Delmar appeared in a Broadway musical, Texas L’il Darling.
		Funnily enough, Mel Blanc doesn’t acknowledge Senator Claghorn as an inspiration on his voice for Foghorn Leghorn at all – pay attention now, boy – he claims he heard an actor doing such a voice at a 1928 vaudeville show.
	uk.geocities.com /smarterthanthe (2727 words)

	ERVIN, Samuel James, Jr. (1896-1985) Bibliography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Quotations from Chairman Sam: The Wit and Wisdom of Senator Sam Ervin.
		“Senator Sam Ervin and School Prayer: Faith, Politics, and the Constitution.” Journal of Church and State 45:3 (2003): 443-456.
		Preserving the Constitution: The Autobiography of Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr.
	bioguide.congress.gov /scripts/bibdisplay.pl?index=E000211 (250 words)

	Welcome to the homepage of the Useful Saints Society
		If you're old enough to remember Senator Claghorn, the bombastic, egotistical character introduced on Fred Allen's 1945 radio program, the chances are by now you've soaked up a whole lot of wisdom.
		Or maybe you remember Senator Claghorn as he appeared in cartoons as "Foghorn Leghorn" since 1947.
		The ghost of Senator Claghorn is back--saved and sanctified--to record the words of wisdom of today's spiritual gray-power believers.
	www.usefulsaints.com (376 words)

	TIME.com: Success, That Is -- Jun. 3, 1946 -- Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		As Senator Claghorn on the Fred Allen show (TIME, Dec. 31), Kenny Delmar has been something more than sensational.
		Last week, after eight months burlesquing Southern statesmanship, Senator Claghorn was far and away the best comic character of the 1945-46 season.
		In recent weeks he has traveled to Texas and Georgia for special "Claghorn Days." He has attended conventions, not as Delmar, but as Claghorn.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,797853,00.html (441 words)

	Catalog 63 \| Item 253 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Vintage 6x4.5 album page, signed and inscribed was best known as the blustery southern Senator Claghorn on Fred Allen's radio program in the 1940s.
		Started out as a child actor in silent films, most notably in D.W. Griffith's classic "Orphans of the Storm." Portrayed Senator Beauregard Claghorn and also was the announcer for NBC Radio's "The Fred Allen Show" (1945-1949).
		His famous radio character, Senator Beauregard Claghorn, was the inspiration for the Warner Brothers cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn.
	www.fredseneseautographs.com /currentcatalog/source/253.htm (112 words)

	Detailed Item Descripton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Treat yourself to a family-sized collection of homespun humor with these stories of hen-pecked windbag Senator Beauregard Claghorn and the always amusing antics of the Clampett family.
		Beauregard Claghorn (Kenny Delmar) stars as a bombastic blowhard from a small town in the deep south who is tricked into running for Senator against his wife, Magnolia (Una Merkel), by a couple of northern political crooks.
		The laughs flow thick and fast when Magnolia has Claghorn kidnapped "for his own good" and the plot goes hilariously awry.
	www.catlink.info /iteminfo.asp?itemID=5394 (173 words)

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		North Carolina Senator Clyde R. Hoey died in office on 12 May 1954, and Governor William B. Umstead was left with the task of choosing a successor.
		As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Ervin was in a unique and pivotal position to oppose the efforts of the Kennedy Administration.
		He opposed the Voluntary School Prayer Amendment introduced by Senator Everett Dirksen in 1966, on the grounds that the civil liberties of students and teachers in the public schools would be violated if prayer were allowed in the classroom.
	www.lib.unc.edu /mss/inv/ead2/03847A.xml (5216 words)

	Senator "Claghorn" Kerry Calls US Soldiers Terrorists - allForums
		He says basically we should stay the course because, he says, real progress is being made.
		And there is no reason, Bob, that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women, breaking sort of the customs of the--of--the historical customs, religious customs.
		Translation.....what Murtha did was bad...........what "Claghorn" Kerry did............went beyond what Murtha did..........and was...........more baddddddddd.
	www.allforums.net /showthread.php?p=169642 (2042 words)

	THE FRED ALLEN SHOW
		Claghorn: When I--I say--when I first went to the Senate I had plenty of trouble sleeping.
		Claghorn: After the roll was called, I'd put on my seersucker nightshirt and my lindsey-woolsey (STRESSING FIRST SYLLABLE) BAY-ray...
		Claghorn: When I'm ready to sleep in the Senate I sit back and croon myself my southern lullaby.
	www.jackbenny.org /scripts/fredallen052646.htm (2725 words)

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